My Choices, Your Fault
Genesis 16
Building a Community centered on Love
This blog is where I do a Bible Reading. I read a passage from the Bible and then I write down my own thoughts on what I read. I would love to know your thoughts as well!
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Saturday, 30 July 2016
Bible Reading #200 - My Choices, Your Fault
Wednesday, 2 December 2015
Daily Bible Reading with DragoNate #73
Comfort Your Friends
Job 2
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| I pray blessings on you as you read. |
(v. 13) "Then they sat with him for seven days and seen nights. No one said a word to him, for they saw how great his suffering was."
My Thoughts
We all know what happened to Job right? He lost everything because Satan wanted to prove to God that if he took everything away from Job, Job would turn away from God. God allowed Satan to do what he wanted because He knew that Job would stay faithful to Him.
Well, as you can imagine, Job was upset and suffering. Who wouldn't be after basically losing everything you own, and everything you have, including your children? On top of loss, Job was afflicted with sores all over his body. It was understandable that Job was suffering. His friends couldn't even recognize him from afar because he was such a mess.
Job's friends came to comfort him and to help through his suffering. For the first seven days and nights, no one said a word. The Bible says that they sat with Job. Seven days of silence. How awkward must that have been? I mean, maybe at that time, that was a totally normal thing, but for us, it would not be. So what exactly did they do for those seven days? Nobody really knows.
A lot of times, when someone is going through an extremely hard time, like Job was, it is impossible to say anything to give them comfort. Words either don't help or they make things worse. So how do you comfort them then? A hug. A tear. Being with them. Letting them vent. Sometimes just being with them is enough. But for seven days straight? Well, they had to have done something in that time...
Maybe they smiled at each other. They probably ate and drank, and obviously went to the bathroom. Maybe they spent their time looking at the clouds or listening to nature. The birds, other animals, even the sound of the wind in the trees. Maybe they even drew in the dirt or threw stones around or picked grass and blew it into the wind. Some of those things probably even helped the situation. I know that sometimes I just like to listen to the wind in the trees, especially when I am upset.
Surely they didn't do nothing. Job just needed the comfort of his friends in Christ until he was ready to vent about everything. Job talked about how he felt, his friends responded with their thoughts. Maybe you need comfort. Maybe you need to just vent about something that you're upset, depressed or angry about. If you don't want to talk to someone about it, write it down. Even if you type it out. That way too, it would be less permanent as you can just delete it right away. The most important thing you should do is pray. God will comfort you and will help you through whatever you are going through.
Maybe you're on the opposite end; you know someone who is suffering or struggling. Just being with them is often enough. Be there for them. You don't to use words to show that you love them or to comfort them. Right now, I just pray that anyone reading this, and even those who aren't, would find comfort and peace through whatever they are going through.
Well, as you can imagine, Job was upset and suffering. Who wouldn't be after basically losing everything you own, and everything you have, including your children? On top of loss, Job was afflicted with sores all over his body. It was understandable that Job was suffering. His friends couldn't even recognize him from afar because he was such a mess.
Job's friends came to comfort him and to help through his suffering. For the first seven days and nights, no one said a word. The Bible says that they sat with Job. Seven days of silence. How awkward must that have been? I mean, maybe at that time, that was a totally normal thing, but for us, it would not be. So what exactly did they do for those seven days? Nobody really knows.
A lot of times, when someone is going through an extremely hard time, like Job was, it is impossible to say anything to give them comfort. Words either don't help or they make things worse. So how do you comfort them then? A hug. A tear. Being with them. Letting them vent. Sometimes just being with them is enough. But for seven days straight? Well, they had to have done something in that time...
Maybe they smiled at each other. They probably ate and drank, and obviously went to the bathroom. Maybe they spent their time looking at the clouds or listening to nature. The birds, other animals, even the sound of the wind in the trees. Maybe they even drew in the dirt or threw stones around or picked grass and blew it into the wind. Some of those things probably even helped the situation. I know that sometimes I just like to listen to the wind in the trees, especially when I am upset.
Surely they didn't do nothing. Job just needed the comfort of his friends in Christ until he was ready to vent about everything. Job talked about how he felt, his friends responded with their thoughts. Maybe you need comfort. Maybe you need to just vent about something that you're upset, depressed or angry about. If you don't want to talk to someone about it, write it down. Even if you type it out. That way too, it would be less permanent as you can just delete it right away. The most important thing you should do is pray. God will comfort you and will help you through whatever you are going through.
Maybe you're on the opposite end; you know someone who is suffering or struggling. Just being with them is often enough. Be there for them. You don't to use words to show that you love them or to comfort them. Right now, I just pray that anyone reading this, and even those who aren't, would find comfort and peace through whatever they are going through.
Prayer Time
Now you talk to God about what you read, and you can even read this chapter of the Bible for yourself before you do.
Let me know your thoughts on this reading as well.
Thank you for taking the time to read, I pray that what you have read blesses and inspires you! Godbless!
Tuesday, 3 November 2015
Daily Bible Reading with DragoNate #44
Suffering for Doing Good
1 Peter 3
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| I pray blessings on you as you read. |
(v. 9) "Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing." (v. 17) "It is better, if it is God's will, to suffer for doing good than or doing evil."
My Thoughts
If you're going to suffer or doing good things, or the good that you do gets thrown back in your face, then what's the point? Why not just go along with the crowd and not care about trying to good things or trying to be nice to people or help them? There is a very important reason why you don't want to do that. That reason has to do with the kind of suffering you will have to endure.
When we sin; when we do any kind of evil act, not only do we usually end up answering for it here on Earth, but later on, after we die, we will have to answer to God. To suffer at the hands of men is nothing like the kind of suffering you would endure at the hands of God. God has the power to create life, to take life and to restore it, all in an instant. He is the One we should fear more than any other.
What can you possibly endure at the hands of men? Embarrassment, rejection, insult, injury, betrayal. Worse, torture and even death. Why is this a better consequence? These things only affect us as we are alive in this world. Death, obviously, cannot be recovered from, though afterward, when we die, we can spend eternity with God in heaven. If we value a good life over a God life, we will likely spend eternity apart from God. That is not at all what we want.
Even though people may hurt you in someway, always try to be the bigger person. Do not retaliate to them, do not grow spiteful and do not seek vengeance. God does not promise a good life or an easy life, but He promises eternal life. We need only accept His Son Jesus and follow in His ways. Any kind of suffering we face in life should be for Him, just as His suffering on the cross was for us.
No matter what evil you face in life, if you are following God and you are faithful to Him, your suffering is not in vain. You don't have to let people walk all over you; stand up for yourself always, but be respectful and do so with the love of God. By you standing up for yourself in this way, people will see that you are strong, and also that you are respectful and they may just see Jesus in you. Defend yourself for sure, but do not fight back; do not do what they do. Let your words and your actions in those situations show who you are in Christ.
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When we sin; when we do any kind of evil act, not only do we usually end up answering for it here on Earth, but later on, after we die, we will have to answer to God. To suffer at the hands of men is nothing like the kind of suffering you would endure at the hands of God. God has the power to create life, to take life and to restore it, all in an instant. He is the One we should fear more than any other.
What can you possibly endure at the hands of men? Embarrassment, rejection, insult, injury, betrayal. Worse, torture and even death. Why is this a better consequence? These things only affect us as we are alive in this world. Death, obviously, cannot be recovered from, though afterward, when we die, we can spend eternity with God in heaven. If we value a good life over a God life, we will likely spend eternity apart from God. That is not at all what we want.
Even though people may hurt you in someway, always try to be the bigger person. Do not retaliate to them, do not grow spiteful and do not seek vengeance. God does not promise a good life or an easy life, but He promises eternal life. We need only accept His Son Jesus and follow in His ways. Any kind of suffering we face in life should be for Him, just as His suffering on the cross was for us.
No matter what evil you face in life, if you are following God and you are faithful to Him, your suffering is not in vain. You don't have to let people walk all over you; stand up for yourself always, but be respectful and do so with the love of God. By you standing up for yourself in this way, people will see that you are strong, and also that you are respectful and they may just see Jesus in you. Defend yourself for sure, but do not fight back; do not do what they do. Let your words and your actions in those situations show who you are in Christ.
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Prayer Time
Now you talk to God about what you read, and you can even read this chapter of the Bible for yourself before you do.
Let me know your thoughts on this reading as well.
Thank you for taking the time to read, I pray that what you have read blesses and inspires you! Godbless!
